Comments for Something Evil This Way Comes

Comment on R.I.P. Catherine by pixi

pixi — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:48:48 +0000

That’s a fine tribute. Catherine sounds like someone we would all be better for having known. And I agree with Nikki that you should think about a book (whether novel or not); you describe people so vividly that they jump off the page/screen.

Comment on R.I.P. Catherine by nikki

nikki — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:37:25 +0000

Spike-
I’m so very sorry for your loss. We all have blessings in our lives…some we don’t even recongize until it’s to late. It’s really wonderful that you and Catherine had it. You had it and you recognized it for 25 yrs. That is surely the biggest blessing of all don’t you think? It’s way it hurts so much when it’s gone. To lose someone that means so much and to have this wonderful, wonderful, relationship that was real. Realer than any other relationship. I could feel her in your words. Honestly, Spike…you should write a book. Not a relationship book, silly girl! A novel. A love story/struggle. You could do it. It would take you a year, probably two. But, you could do it and you’d be good at it.

Comment on yo, it’s been awhile by Fox

Fox — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:03:34 +0000

Have to say I missed reading you (and damn those bloody wankers at So Posh in Florida)! Glad to see you’re kinda back. :)

Oh, and I can tell you that the media (gotta love them) has totally trashed Canada’s health care system here (America). So now Americans seem to think that in Canada you will wait 2 years for needed surgery and possibly DIE while waiting. Therefore they think that any health care system remotely like it would be horrible. And they all bitch about the bloody cost in taxes. Greed. I think that is the biggest thing that prevents America from having a brain. GREED.

I, being one of the smart ones, am trying to move to Canada. Vancouver preferably. Maybe one day we shall meet and mutually be disgusted with America.

Hope you’re feeling a bit better, love.

Comment on yo, it’s been awhile by Jawnbc

Jawnbc — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:15 +0000

Hello! Dinner invite? :)

If you paid by credit card–even via PayPal–dispute the charge and you’ll get a refund.

love you!

Comment on Dear America, the forces of evil (and power and wealth) are lying to you. by Liane

Liane — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:32:48 +0000

Very well said. I cannot believe that Obama’s approval rating is falling by the day over this issue. The man deserves to be knighted, or sainted, or whatever it is that you believe in. We Canadians have a darn good system. Why can’t everyone realise and admit that we all deserve whatever treatment science deems neccesary – not whatever your pocketbook can withstand. Fear mongers indeed! they should be ashamed of themselves.

Comment on Dear America, the forces of evil (and power and wealth) are lying to you. by Kelly Rego

Kelly Rego — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:23:21 +0000

I am an American and I think our system sucks and I would much rather we do it like Europeans do it. It seems like they are much happier and healthier. I watched that movie Sicko and it made me sick. Sorry for the pun. I have been reading you for a long time but don’t comment. Nice to see you’re doing well. Good luck in the future. I’ll try and comment more often.

Comment on Dear America, the forces of evil (and power and wealth) are lying to you. by Susy

Susy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:11:15 +0000

Spike, please consider sending this post, along with your diagnosis/treatment story to The Huffington Post and/or any other U.S. news source that might publish it. Heck, why not the New York Times?

I am an American and I feel very passionate about our country finally guaranteeing health care to ALL of its citizens, and am sick BEYOND WORDS of the greedy, evil liars who are worried about losing their summer homes and yachts, and worrying about having to send their kids to the same public school systems that they’ve been pinching their measly tax dollars to avoid paying into.

I think regular Americans need to hear from regular Canadians like yourself. You really have an elegant yet accessible way of expressing your ideas and I think you could open a few eyes down here. Cheers to you.

Comment on Dear America, the forces of evil (and power and wealth) are lying to you. by Jawnbc

Jawnbc — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:36:39 +0000

yeah, yeah, what she said.

I get so fucking tired of these fuckwits…but then again most Canadians don’r realize that we have provincial health insurance rather than a provincial health care system. It’s the insurance component–single payer, standardized fee structure, provider opt-in or out–that spares us from the UK’s National Health or the insane tax structure of France.

Comment on Happy anniversary or birthday or something by Dennis Pyritz, RN

Dennis Pyritz, RN — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:41:02 +0000

Open invitation to you and your readers to participate in the Being Cancer Book Club. This month we are discussing “The Light Within: the Extraordinary Friendship of a Doctor and Patient Brought Together by Cancer”. “When young gynecologic oncology fellow Lois Ramondetta was first summoned to the room of a new ovarian cancer patient, neither she nor the forty-nine-year-old professor of religion she encountered named Deborah Sills thought they had much in common. They certainly had no idea that they were about to embark on a transcendent odyssey that would become a soul-deep friendship. Now their heartfelt story, The Light Within, follows these two women through a decade of friendship and “big lives”—husbands, children, friends, and careers—ultimately crossing the country and traveling to foreign lands, where they spoke and wrote together about the intersection of doctors, patients, and spirituality. Both women searched together and openly for answers with honesty and intimacy until Deborah passed away in the spring of 2006.”
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Comment on Anemia drug fuels cancer cells by Cancer

Cancer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:59:13 +0000

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

Comment on Happy anniversary or birthday or something by Christine

Christine — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:47:03 +0000

I keep track of my diagnosis dates too. I bet a lot of us do – everyone remembers the day cancer sideswiped their lives.

Comment on Inching towards the light by Kelly R.

Kelly R. — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:37:38 +0000

Just wanted to say I hope your next tests come out better and there’s nothing to worry about. I check in on you once in awhile even though I know you don’t post as much as you used to. I hope you keep journaling. I have a little journal myself. It’s called puggymommy but I hardly ever actually talk about my pug. I just couldn’t think of another name. I’ve read your journal since the beginning. You’ve come a long way, baby.

Comment on After a long wait by Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:41:21 +0000

Just a quick note to acknowledge that it’s nice to see a post after so long. You’ve no idea who I am and honestly at this point I can’t remember how I got your blog – Cancer, Baby probably. Not the point though, just wanted to say – hey – good to see you, glad you’re doing well.
Sorry you have to purge stuff you don’t want to purge – honestly since I turned 40 I just LOVE to throw stuff away. It’s different though I understand, I actually want to throw the stuff away. I lived in NYC for 12 years and I moved roughly once a year – there was no such thing as storage space – so I just threw stuff away all the time.
Looking forward to another update in a year ;-)
Kathryn

Comment on Chemo Tidbits and info by sharm

sharm — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:26:56 +0000

thanks so much on the issue of a smell during chemo. i thought i was crazy… the smell i have smells like rotten chicken. my son first noticed it in the car while we were traveling. i carry body spray with me and use at work. i am on my last treatment and wonder just how long i have to keep smelling this coming out of my pores… i would rather have b.o. then this!

Comment on After a long wait by JawnBC

JawnBC — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:31:51 +0000

Hey you,

I’m gonna get my ticket in the next few months–but I won’t be diving in chilly BC. I’ll do the course here then do the ocean dives somewhere warm. I’ve left VANOC and am back at UBC. And slowly getting my life back.